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 Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:08 pm
surprised Did you know that the English word "sugar" is from Arabic?
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:09 pm
Proudly_Jewish surprised Did you know that the English word "sugar" is from Arabic? Yes, I did. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:35 pm
The word "assassin" comes from the arabic word "hashishin".
Hashishins... The original ninja's from the Middle East hehehe. I think there's an extensive articel on them on wikipedia... ninja 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:36 am
Arundhati The word "assassin" comes from the arabic word "hashishin". Hashishins... The original ninja's from the Middle East hehehe. I think there's an extensive articel on them on wikipedia... ninja 3nodding I remember reading about that in Angels & Demons whee
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:25 am
Arundhati The word "assassin" comes from the arabic word "hashishin". Hashishins... The original ninja's from the Middle East hehehe. I think there's an extensive articel on them on wikipedia... ninja 3nodding That's really cool. 4laugh
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:46 am
This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:12 pm
Bloodless Amber This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee Of course, I'd love to learn some Arabic if you know it...or even just talk about it. 3nodding biggrin
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:26 am
spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee Of course, I'd love to learn some Arabic if you know it...or even just talk about it. 3nodding biggrin I've been studying it for the past six years, I just love this language. smile I'd help with whatever I can.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:19 pm
Bloodless Amber spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee Of course, I'd love to learn some Arabic if you know it...or even just talk about it. 3nodding biggrin I've been studying it for the past six years, I just love this language. smile I'd help with whatever I can. Awesome! Teach me the basics? smile
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:44 pm
spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee Of course, I'd love to learn some Arabic if you know it...or even just talk about it. 3nodding biggrin I've been studying it for the past six years, I just love this language. smile I'd help with whatever I can. Awesome! Teach me the basics? smile Could you be a bit more specific?
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:30 pm
Bloodless Amber spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber spanishnerd99 Bloodless Amber This thread is alive again, oh, yay! whee Of course, I'd love to learn some Arabic if you know it...or even just talk about it. 3nodding biggrin I've been studying it for the past six years, I just love this language. smile I'd help with whatever I can. Awesome! Teach me the basics? smile Could you be a bit more specific? Just tell me about the alphabet and word structures/pronounciation.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:58 am
Alright then! Those who read in the Hebrew GD, probably know I'm a real charts lover. Therefore, I will add one as soon as I clear a few things that have to do with Arabic writing out: First of all, almost all letters have a few forms, that change according to the letters location: there are Initial, Medival and Final forms to each letter (all but 6 letters that always look the same). In Arabic, all letters connect to the one that comes after them, and all but those six letters connect with the one that comes before. In addition, there are two sets of letters, one is used for typing, and the other, for handwriting. Those two are very similar. One more thing that is improtantto remember is, that Arabic is written from the right to the left, unlike English. Arabic uses diactric marks denote vowels, silence and stress. The three letters in red and vowels, but the vowels are represented using the marks, and not by the letters alone.  Pronounciation of the letters, according to their order: I have to go right now, so I will explain more about that later.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:52 pm
Bloodless Amber Alright then! Those who read in the Hebrew GD, probably know I'm a real charts lover. Therefore, I will add one as soon as I clear a few things that have to do with Arabic writing out: First of all, almost all letters have a few forms, that change according to the letters location: there are Initial, Medival and Final forms to each letter (all but 6 letters that always look the same). In Arabic, all letters connect to the one that comes after them, and all but those six letters connect with the one that comes before. In addition, there are two sets of letters, one is used for typing, and the other, for handwriting. Those two are very similar. One more thing that is improtantto remember is, that Arabic is written from the right to the left, unlike English. Arabic uses diactric marks denote vowels, silence and stress. The three letters in red and vowels, but the vowels are represented using the marks, and not by the letters alone. Pronounciation of the letters, according to their order: I have to go right now, so I will explain more about that later. Ay, ay! gonk How do you pronounce them? HEEEELP!!!! lol
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:02 pm
Oh and Amber (or any other Arabic speaker), could you translate this Arabic bit for me? It's from a song by Shakira, which is really cool. (She's half Colombian, half Lebanese...she's so cool!)
Anyway here it is... confused
rabboussamai fikarrajaii
fi ainaiha aralhayati
ati ilaika min hatha lkaaouni
arjouka labbi labbi nidai
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:07 am
Right, the pronunciation... XD
According to the order of the letters shown above:
A
B
T
TH
J
KH (guttural H)
CH (somewhat similar to the German ch, only more guttural)
D
DH
R
Z
S
SH
S (heavier)
D (heavier)
T (heavier)
DH (heavier)
A (guttural)
G (guttural)
F
Q
K
L
M
N
H
W
Y
Arabic is difficult to pronounce. I really can not make those sounds, so I guess I'm not the right person to turn to on the exact pronunciation of those. I suppose it's possible finding recordings over the internet.
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